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TORONTO — Kansas City’s Alex Gordon broke Major League Baseball’s season home run record with 12 days to spare, hitting the 5,694th long ball of 2017 on Tuesday night. Gordon’s home run off Toronto reliever Ryan Tepera broke a mark set in 2000 at the height of the Steroids Era. The drive,

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The sixth inning summed up the Pirates’ past two weeks well. The Pirates had men on first and third with no outs in a one-run game. But after a strikeout and two weak fly balls, Adam Frazier and Starling Marte were left stranded Tuesday night in a 1-0 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers at PNC Park. The

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Garrett Fairman could hardly believe Antonio Brown was at Thomas Jefferson’s football practice, let alone calling plays for the Jaguars. “I was like, ‘Is this real? Is this actually Antonio Brown?’ ” Fairman said. “That was crazy.” When Brown told the TJ senior to “take this kid to the barber

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Mike Tomlin was referring to Mike Glennon’s height and not a perceived lack of mobility when he called the Chicago Bears quarterback “statuesque” at his weekly news conference Tuesday. Glennon has come under scrutiny in Chicago for the Bears’ 0-2 start, particularly after he turned the ball over

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James Harrison will be a viable part of the Steelers defense this season. It didn’t happen Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings, and it might not happen this weekend in Chicago against the Bears. But it will happen, coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday. Just don’t expect him to give prior notice. “

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NEW YORK — Giancarlo Stanton’s smacks, Aaron Judge’s jolts and all those dizzying long balls helped Major League Baseball move another poke closer to the inevitable. Nearly two decades after the height of the Steroids Era, the sport is on track to break its season record for home runs on Tuesday

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The Pirates’ brutal offensive struggles are beginning to affect their decision-making. And it’s only making things worse. The September swoon continued Monday night when the Pirates were shut out for the 10th time this season to open the final homestand of the season. This time it was a 3-0 loss

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For the second year in a row, the Steelers are off to a 2-0 start. They have won once each at home and on the road. They have earned victories over a division rival and an NFC opponent. And, just like 2016, they go away to face another NFC team in the …

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Hurricane coverage. Political coverage. Cord-Cutting. Anthem sitting. Players misbehaving. Poor prime-time matchups. Not enough pace of play. Too much focus on fantasy stats. You have heard all these explanations for why NFL interest and ratings have l…

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For the second consecutive week, a Steelers starting outside linebacker was unable to play. And for the second consecutive week, the Steelers elected not to turn to their former NFL defensive player of the year to replace him. Instead, it again was Anthony Chickillo. “I’ve just got to make the

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Odds were it was going to be tough sledding for the MInnesota Vikings without starting quarterback Sam Bradford, who missed Sunday’s game against the Steelers with an ailing left knee . Backup quarterback Case Keenum was a lackluster 20 for 37 for 167 yards and no touchdowns in the Vikings 26-9 loss

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Quarterback: B- Ben Roethlisberger became the seventh quarterback in NFL history to win 125 regular-season games and 70 home games as a starter. In terms of performance, this wasn’t the best of those 125, but it wasn’t the worst, either. Roethlisberger completed more two-thirds of his passes.

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CINCINNATI — A day after they mathematically were eliminated from the postseason hunt, the Pirates on Sunday were hammered 5-2 by the Cincinnati Reds to clinch a second straight losing season. “It reminds us all that we didn’t do our jobs very well,” general manager Neal Huntington said

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CINCINNATI — Francisco Cervelli wants to get back on the field before the end of the season. Time is running short. “We will sit down probably (on Monday) and have a conversation and find out exactly where we are and what we would need to do next if we were to try to push it and find some game time,”

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Be it a new role, a matchup that needs exploiting or an opponent strength that needs neutralized, here are five Steelers players to keep an eye on during Sunday’s 1 p.m. game against the Minnesota Vikings: 1.DL Tyson Alualu Signing Alualu – by definition, a backup – was one of the bigger splashes

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